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“It’s a known fact that in certain contexts people’s great strengths become their epic failings.”
― The Silent Wife
― The Silent Wife
“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Northanger Abbey
― Northanger Abbey
“Other people are not here to fulfill our needs or meet our expectations, nor will they always treat us well. Failure to accept this will generate feelings of anger and resentment. Peace of mind comes with taking people as they are and emphasizing the positive.”
― The Silent Wife
― The Silent Wife
“The Dream"
"O I had such a wonderful dream, she said. I dreamed you made love to me.
At last, he said to himself, the spirit
has taken up some of the heavy work.”
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"O I had such a wonderful dream, she said. I dreamed you made love to me.
At last, he said to himself, the spirit
has taken up some of the heavy work.”
―
“Acceptance is supposed to be a good thing - Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change. Also compromise, as every couples therapist will tell you. But the cost was high - the damping of expectation, the dwindling of spirit, the resignation that comes to replace enthusiasm, the cynicism that supplants hope. The mouldering that goes unnoticed and unchecked.”
― The Silent Wife
― The Silent Wife
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